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Amitra Hoq is a third year student at NYU studying Global Public Health and Biology with interests in biological sciences and international relations, and thus has found the intersection between the fields within global public health and development and aid. She has done research and development in nutrition and diabetes in Bangladesh, long covid and comorbidities, and ARDS patient-ventilation interactions. At NYU Langone, she does research in developing immunotherapy treatments for COVID-19, HIV, and cancer. At NYU she sits on the GPH Student Council, and contributes to Medical Dialogue Reviewers and IR Insider. 

Niouma Semega is a rising senior at NYU studying Global Public Health and Sociology as an aspiring public health practitioner. She is a CEO of her own founded non-profit SemegaChange, a developing empire of Black and women of color in STEM cultivating change through projects and businesses. She is a past Victoria Secret's PINK GRL PWR Project Winner in the Sustainability Category. A 2023 Emerging Leader at NYU's School of Global Public Health where she delivered a talk on Environmental Health Disparity and investing in LMICs. She recently was awarded 1st Place at the 35th Annual CSTEP Conference for her novel invention that extracts pollutants from bodies of water she has developed in the past 6 years! She hopes to expand and continue her research in current projects like; "EPA Monitoring Disparity" and "Open Burning in Kphone, Ghana", "Health Effects of Climate Change in Uganda", to continue to improve public health to prevent diseases and illnesses that stem from environmental factors.

Rachel Wu is a rising third year at New York University majoring in Media, Culture, and Communication and Global Public Health. She is particularly interested in the intersection between public health, communications, and data. At NYU, she works at the NYU GPH Office of Undergraduate Programs and Office of Communications. She is also a member of NYU Polygeia, Applied Global Public Health Initiative, and Evidence to Global Impact Lab. Intersecting global public health with media, Rachel has worked on various health media campaigns such as the #CountingEveryone campaign to highlight the importance of civil registration and vital statistics in Kenya and Cambodia, and Vea lo que los ojos no pueden ver (“See what the eyes cannot see”) to promote regular eye checkups in Argentina. 

Susan Huang is a junior majoring in GPH/Sociology with a minor in public policy and management. She was born and raised in Guangzhou, China—a beautiful southern city with blossoming flowers all year long. She attended high school in the U.S. in Ohio and started her journey to explore the cultural similarities and differences between people across the world in health management and started a health and wellness club. Stemming from the discussions and activities in the club, she realized health is a cross-cultural notion valued by individuals with various backgrounds and cultural practices. She became passionate about exploring ways to provide people with consistent health management on a daily basis. At NYU, she was one of the 2022-2023 GPH Emerging Leaders. With her team member, she developed a poliovirus management app prototype. She is also a co-president of the community and career development at the Chinese Students and Scholars Organization. She held a Socratic seminar on the topic of mental health and career development in 2021. Besides, she am also a recipient of the DURF research grant on the topic of social justice and maternal and child health. Outside of NYU, she worked at a research foundation focusing on promoting the formulation and implementation of child development policies in China during the summer. Her project explores effective measures to prevent high-risk pregnancies, reduce birth defects rate and improve maternal and newborn health through interventions during the period from pregnancy to 6 months postpartum in Bijie, China.

Valentina Duron is from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She is a rising senior majoring in Global Public Health and Applied Psychology and minoring in Anthropology. Her biggest public health interests are epidemiology and health policy. She is really interested in looking at health from a global perspective. She first wanted to understand humans, in order to make a difference in a health system that is made to serve and improve their quality of life. She hopes to take her understanding of human behavior, culture and human societies and use them to take action and advocate for equitable and quality care globally.